In lieu of the institutional hypothesis of economic growth, an economic model and an econometric model are proposed to explore how important institutional settings were for economic performance during the first ten years of the new millennium in Latin America. According to instrumental variables...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of a method for combining multiple criteria based on the transformation of numerical evaluations into probabilities of preference. It is applied to compare failure risks and to measure efficiency in the retail trade sector....

Purpose – Reliability evaluation of healthcare services has been a challenging task for both operations managers and system engineers working in the respective field. The purpose of this paper is to develop a data envelopment analysis-based reliability allocation model....

Purpose – Comparative shop efficiency within a chain is a key factor in strategic management decisions such as evaluation, promotion and development of shop personnel. Furthermore, overall efficiency of the firm depends on the efficiency of individual shops within the chain. The purpose of...